Bonnet.



PATENTED JUNE 27, 1905.

M. HANCOCK.

BONNET.

APPLICATION IILBD MAR. e, 1905.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

Attorneys.

PATENTEDJUNE 27, 1905.

M. HANCOCK.

BONNET.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. s, 1905.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Attorneys.

Patented June 27, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

MOLLIE HANCOCK, OF COMMERCE, TEXAS.

BONNET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,191, dated June 27, 1905. Application filed March 6,1905. Serial No. 248,688.

Be it known that I, Motnin HANoook, a citizen of the United States, residing at Commerce, in the county of Hunt and State of Texas. have invented a new and useful Bonnet, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to bonnets, and more particularly to that class known as poke-bonnets.

The object of the invention is to combine the peak with the crown in such manner as to permit of the peak being partially detached therefrom and smoothed out for the purpose of laundering and ironing-,aud, further, to combine the peak with the crown in such manner as to render unnecessary the employment of sewing to combine the parts.

\Vith the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of a poke-bonnet, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts, there is illustrated one form of embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the elements therein exhibited may be varied or changed as to shape, proportion, and exact manner of assemblage without departing from the spirit thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a bonnet constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a view in front elevation, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail view exhibiting the peak disconnected from the crown.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the crown; 2, the peak; 3, the cape forming a continuation of the peak, and a an ornamental front ruflle which extends entirely around the crown and the cape. The peak, cape, and ruffle will be preferably made of a single thickness of material, while the crown will be a multiply structure to give the requisite rigidity to the article. The lower side portions of the peak are permanently combined with the crown by means of four eyelets 5, 6, 7, and

8, which are clenched to the peak and crown near the lower ends of the latter, thereby to permit the peak to be turned back and flattened out for the purposes stated, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The lower opposite ends of the crown have combined with them each an eyelet 9, through which is threaded a gatheringstring 10, provided for the purpose of drawing in the cape to give it a ruflied appearance and also to cause it to conform to the neck of the wearer. In addition there is provided a pair of bow-strings 11, which are adapted to be tied at the back of the bonnet, as usual, to improve the shape of the crown portion and also to cause it to conform to the head of the wearer. The upper part-of the peak is detachably C0111- bined with the crown through the medium of a gathering-string 12, which, as shown in Fig. 2, is threaded through the peak near its edge on one side, thence through an eye 13, disposed at the upper side or crest of the peak, thence through a hook 14, secured to the crest of the crown, thence back through the eye 13 and is threaded through the peak, thence through the eyelet 6 and back through the eyelet 7, thence again threaded through the peak on its other-side, thence inward through the eyelet 5 and thence outward through the eyelet (5, and the two ends of the strings are then tied in a knot, as shown at 15, Fig. 2. By tightening the string 12 the peak at the point where it overlies the crown will be formed into a series of rutlles 16, which will still further enhance the beauty of the article.

It will be seen that when the peak is to be laundered all that is necessary to free it and the cape from the crown will be to remove the two gathering-strings l0 and 12, whereupon the parts may be flattened out, as shown in Fig. 3, or, if preferred, these strings may be of sufficient length to permit the peak and cape to be flattened out without being removed.

In order to hide the eyelets 5, 8, and 9 from view, the edges of the peak are inturned at the points where the eyelets 5 and 8 are disposed, so that the outcr ends of these eyelets will be disposed between two plies of the peak, and at the points where the eyelets 9 are disposed the cape is inturned and secured to the lower ends of the crown at 17, and the last-named eyelets will then be under the cape at points adjacent to the terminals of the gathering-string 10.

The improvements herein described are Simple in character, are thoroughly effective for the purposes designed, and are so simple in character that any seamstress will be able without trouble to manufacture bonnets ac-' cording to this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a bonnet,the combination with a crown provided at its crest with a fastening device, of a peak secured to the lower portion of the crown, and a gathering string reversely MoLILrE HANCOCK.

Witnesses:

J. W. MANNING, J. H. BULLS. 

